Biography Anal Cunt

1 biography

1.1 formation (1988)
1.2 performances , recordings , brief breakup (1988–1992)
1.3 earache years (1993–1999)
1.4 second breakup, reformation, , 20th anniversary (2000–2009)
1.5 new material, putnam s death, , permanent dissolution (2010–2011)

biography
formation (1988)

anal cunt formed on march 1, 1988, in city of newton, massachusetts, near boston, seth putnam, had been member of bands such executioner , satan s warriors. name anal cunt came seth putnam s attempt offensive, stupid, dumb, etc. name possible . common misconception band named after song anal cunt gg allin, in fact allin s song written years after band had started. band did, however, later in career render tribute him recording version of ll slice fucking throat (if fuck me) , recorded allin , murder junkies.

in q magazine s 2005 book greatest rock & pop miscellany ever!, anal cunt included in list of 25 band names should have stayed on drawing board . band meant joke, , supposed record 1 demo , 1 show; however, active 2011, despite several brief break-ups.

originally, band produce form of anti-music , without rhythm, beats, riffs, lyrics, song titles or other of normal features of band, approach exemplified 5643 song ep. anal cunt not first such band seth putnam had created; 1980, putnam formed noisecore band cousin michael, named losers, , later renamed noise. problem of these bands consisted of same few members, , putnam wanted form new band different people.

early performances , recordings , brief breakup (1988–1992)

the band s first performance in 1988 @ putnam s mother s house in front of family members, namely mother, 2 little brothers , grandmother, of mother s friends. several other small performances followed, in various basements , living rooms, before first public show live on radio @ brandeis university, anal cunt being latest in long line of putnam s bands had performed in way. scheduled band s first , last show. putnam invited future member fred ordonez, band shit scum, show, failed turn up. result, arranged 2 bands (anal cunt , shit scum) play concert ordonez see putnam s band, , further show arranged @ shit scum s rented practice warehouse. first demo recorded on 4-track in april in mother s attic has never been mixed, released, or heard outside of band members themselves.

after few more shows, band decided attempt u.s. tour, in august 1988, few days before recorded 47 song demo, later re-released on compilation of bands material years. recorded 88 song ep later year , after release, number of record labels started showing interest in band, including earache records, whom later sign contract.

a few releases later, earache records again made offer band, time license 5643 song ep european pressing (and later buy whole pressing), anal cunt continued turn down such offers. point band decided had done as , decided split up, after releasing ep , completing first european tour. tour in april, , recordings tour numerous, appearing on compilations fast boston hc years , bootlegs harmonized noise , anal cunt/patareni split.

following appearances in few other bands, including (recently reformed) george h. brown (a blues rock act song foreplay tree shredder later recorded anal cunt album top 40 hits), sloth anger, , post mortem, seth putnam , tim morse decided reform anal cunt on march 1, 1991, 3 years after had formed.

after band s reformation, decided wanted change style avoid getting bored again. guitarist new, more musical, anal cunt supposed future member paul kraynak ended being fred ordonez, ex-boxer. more eps followed, including world s first acoustic noisecore record, unplugged ep, before putnam decided introduce elements of real songs band s material. seth putnam , tim morse tried out idea in 6-song session in 1992, before putnam auditioned reformed thrashcore band siege, while before plans realized.

later year, anal cunt decided on european tour. despite fact tim morse pulled out @ last minute, tour still went ahead, band deciding find drummer while touring. 2 drummers auditioned not fast enough band, anal cunt decided have them both playing same drum kit @ same time beginning of tour, before resorting using faster of two. of shows consisted of putnam , ordonez going crowd, punching people , destroying equipment, because of not drunkenness fact drummer did not know songs well. tour saw putnam joining fear of god on-stage drummer 1 show , putnam , ordonez recording 7 minutes of nausea.

on returning u.s., anal cunt decided second guitarist carry on playing drummer during violence , shouting. choice john kozik, , him came new era of band.

the earache years (1993–1999)

although band had released lot of material, records out of print , hard find, band got contact earache records, had shown interest in band. wanted label not keep records in stock pay tours, band @ time operating @ loss. earache records replied anal cunt, asking hear new material, , band went studio in september record later released on relapse records morbid florist. fred ordonez briefly quit band, asked in after unsuccessful searches replacement , earache records decided sign them.

they started recording first album on label, should killed, in march 1993. after, ordonez kicked out of band , replaced paul kraynak. recording put on hold short west coast tour in mid-1993, after kraynak quit band. tour when putnam got arrested hitting woman in face microphone in san francisco during show that, along show earlier year in massachusetts, documented on ep breaking law.

after searching replacement kraynak, anal cunt decided stick 1 guitarist, john kozik. after release of should killed in 1994, band did more tours, 1 in europe , 1 afterwards in america. european tour encompassed germany, belgium, spain , austria, , anal cunt supported w.b.i. , necrophiliacs; on american tour, joined incantation, morpheus descends, afterlife , gutted.

the transition noise-style songs fast-hardcore-style songs began in fall year recording of next album top 40 hits, featured single stayin alive (oi! version) . released in 1995, album 50% noise , 50% songs , marked significant change in band s style.

anal cunt toured america again, , in june toured japan first time. after this, kozik replaced scott hull, of pig destroyer , agoraphobic nosebleed fame. line-up (or variations on it), album 40 more reasons hate recorded, , album marked change in band s direction, marks start of them having lyrics , insults contained in songs.

another tour followed (this time 2-weeks long, eyehategod), hull refused tour , temporarily replaced returning kozik. after tour, band again close breaking (for second time), instead decided change line-up once more. problem seemed tim morse, kicked out of band. seth putnam surviving original member of band.

the band on hold briefly while putnam put new lineup. thing recorded during time song re gonna need on side , smiths tribute album world still won t listen, , song 2 turds , golf ball compilation cd of same name, hull on guitar , putnam performing drums , vocals. during period, putnam did backing vocals pantera s great southern trendkill in new orleans, , lead vocals eyehategod show.

in january 1996 putnam hired new guitarist, josh martin. martin student @ new york university in 1994–1995, when anal cunt used play in new york lot, , had become friends. indeed, friendship continue, putnam , martin join forces later in adolf satan , acoustic black metal band impaled northern moonforest. martin moved boston following graduation, , appointed putnam new anal cunt guitarist. after trying out lot of drummers, hired nate linehan, blew away competition.

yet tour followed, time incantation , mortician. anal cunt released next full-length, when die, had recorded prior tour. album collection of insults , featured songs re gay , technology s gay , guest appearance kyle severn incantation. lot of songs refer things being gay , common slang word in massachusetts , in junior high schools across united states @ time.

following tour, linehan left band , again band on hold. so, putnam , martin recorded few songs black sabbath tribute, in these black days volume 1, split eyehategod , featured putnam on drums. few months later, putnam , martin asked linehan rejoin band , agreed.

another 2 tours later (one in america murder one, 1 in japan), anal cunt recorded last album on earache records, gets worse, released @ end of 1999 european tour flächenbrand. album surrounded controversy: label changed of song titles , censored lyrics 2 of songs.

second breakup, reformation, , 20th anniversary (2000–2009)

despite being dropped label (although earache did later make them offer come back, turned down) , linehan leaving again in september 1999, anal cunt continued on, john gillis on drums. more touring , few releases followed, such defenders of hate ep , split 7 flachenbrand (who had opened ac on 1999 german tour). there defenders of hate tour in 2001, featuring 2 legs: 1 california , in june, , 1 texas , in september. band released limited tour edition of record part of tour. anal cunt issued official press release @ end of december 2001 saying had broken again. time, band seemed have permanently disbanded, few compilation tracks , rare rehearsal february 1989 cd being released.

anal cunt reformed in august 2003 lineup of putnam, martin , linehan. however, after 1 practice, martin forced leave band, due him going jail. putnam brought john kozik replace him. after few gigs in late 2003 (including 1 opening superjoint ritual) , short japan tour in january 2004 napalm death, nasum, , pig destroyer, linehan left band yet again. again replaced john gillis.

in october 2004, putnam went coma month result of drug overdose. reported sleeping pill overdose legal reasons, later claimed combination of alcohol, crack, heroin, , bottle of sleeping pills. doctors thought if survived, suffer permanent serious brain damage , intending pull plug , before putnam s mother intervened. after coming out of coma, putnam paralyzed , had sustained severe nerve damage, needing months of physical therapy recover. first show anal cunt played following coma (with eyehategod), putnam had remain seated in chair throughout. putnam said continue play songs such re in coma , had promised band release new material.

after festival appearance in norway in 2006, @ putnam passed out on stage , unconscious entire gig, both kozik , gillis quit band. martin (now out of jail) returned band , got linehan return well. anal cunt released defenders of hate full-length cd in 2007, featured bonus out-of-print tracks, such 13 bands think re gay , thrash of titans compilations, tracks split flächenbrand. other releases had been promised included sequel picnic of love (picnic of love ii) , anal cunt/gay bar split, featuring unreleased anal cunt material putnam/martin/linehan era on 1 side , recording of seth putnam in gay bar on other. these albums never recorded. defenders of hate re-release sparked tour in march 2007 included appearance @ los angeles murderfest version 3.0 on march 24, 2007. accused, brutal truth, pig destroyer, , others, , uk festival appearance later year.

2008 20th anniversary of band, putnam celebrated several original lineup reunion shows tim morse , mike mahan. point linehan had yet again left band, , martin again in jail. played shows in boston, texas, , west coast. on november 17, 2008, original anal cunt line-up (seth putnam, mike mahan, , tim morse) finished recording 110 song cd. album made celebration of band s 20-year anniversary. album s musical style same anal cunt s noisecore style.

after original lineup reunion over, morse decided stay on permanent drummer. martin returned. in 2009 old stuff part 3 cd released, featuring non-earache tracks recorded putnam, martin , linehan lineup in 1990s. sparked round of touring. in 2009 ac played on us, plus short tour of norway in october. in 2009, anal cunt recorded next 2 albums.

new material, putnam s death, , permanent dissolution (2010–2011)

in april 2010, putnam announced new album completed. album delayed due josh martin being in jail (for third time). lead guitar tracks recorded when released. on may 11, 2010, putnam announced band decided split new recording 2 albums. cock rock songs released on album called fuckin in style similar of mötley crüe s debut fast love, , noisegrind songs released on album called wearing out our welcome, feature backing vocals members of raunchous brothers, vaginal jesus, , mudoven. on june 22, 2010, putnam completed fuckin a. songs fuck yeah , cranking band s demo on box @ beach released on myspace music. on june 24, 2010, seth putnam announced on anal cunt myspace blog guitarist josh martin out of a.c. . putnam continued stating band play , record two-piece outfit. fuckin released on january 11, 2011. @ same time, announced josh martin once again in anal cunt, after 2 shows performed two-piece. in april 2011 anal cunt embarked on final tour. last show on april 30, 2011, in cleveland.

on june 11, 2011, band s frontman , founder seth putnam died of suspected heart attack, seemingly ending band.

a compilation cd of obscure anal cunt releases announced in 2009 , planned released wicked sick records (seth putnam s label). in october 2011 announced two-cd set entitled old testament. re-release of years 1988–1991 new cover, liner notes penned putnam, band s first demo (which never before heard outside anal cunt or 2 girls visited putnam s house , in room when recording made), , tracks anal cunt s final rehearsal session in 1991. released in november 2011 relapse records.